New Jersey Powerhouse: Riker Danzig

By Rachel Rippetoe

With its lean, full-service team of attorneys, Riker Danzig LLP has cleared the way for a slew of development projects shaping New Jersey's economic and environmental future, fending off litigation challenging the construction of the Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind project as well as the redevelopment of a plaza in downtown Montclair.

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NJ County's 1st Watchdog Brings US Atty Experience

By Jake Maher

A former federal prosecutor who briefly was U.S. attorney for New Jersey and is now a partner at McCarter & English LLP has been named the inaugural inspector general for Hudson County.

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Ohtani Ball Holder Can Add Claim For $4.4M From Sale

By Carolina Bolado

A Florida judge said Wednesday he would reopen pleadings in a three-way fight over a record-breaking home run ball by baseball star Shohei Ohtani to allow the defendant — the man who walked out with the ball — to add a claim for ownership of the ball.

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GOP Leaders Say NJ Is Withholding Voter List Records

By George Woolston

National and New Jersey Republicans have filed a lawsuit seeking the disclosure of the Garden State's voter-list maintenance records, alleging that state and local officials haven't fully complied with their requests.

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DOJ Eyes Per Se Rule In Fragrance Antitrust Suit

By Craig Clough

The U.S. Department of Justice told a New Jersey federal judge Tuesday that it plans to weigh in on fragrance-makers' bid to dismiss purchasers' price-fixing claims, saying the motion raises "significant questions" about a Third Circuit antitrust ruling that the court revised after the department challenged its wording.

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NY Judge Dismisses States' DOGE Treasury Data Access Suit

By Rae Ann Varona

A New York federal judge Wednesday tossed several states' lawsuit that challenged Department of Government Efficiency staff access to U.S. Department of the Treasury data, saying DOGE's dissolution rendered the states' access claims moot and that they failed to allege that any federal funding due to them was ultimately canceled.

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3rd Circ. Bars Early Probation Termination Bids Before 1 Year

By P.J. D'Annunzio

In a precedential opinion Wednesday, the Third Circuit held that a defendant seeking early termination of supervised release must serve at least one year of the current supervised release term before petitioning the court.

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Real Estate Tech Co. Files Ch. 11 To Stave Off Foreclosure

By Clara Geoghegan

HouseCanary has filed for Chapter 11 in New Jersey seeking to stop a planned foreclosure auction that the real estate analytics and artificial intelligence company said threatened to "destroy" it.

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NJ Bias Case Judge Won't Nix Hospital's NDA Rule Yet

By George Woolston

A New Jersey state judge said it was too early to strike down a hospital's nondisclosure agreement provision for internal investigations in a former director's suit alleging she was the target of a retaliatory investigation.

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State Pols Urge Justices To Rein In Kalshi's Sports Offerings

By Alex Lawson

A coalition of state lawmakers has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Third Circuit decision allowing Kalshi to keep its sports offerings online in New Jersey, emphasizing that sports betting oversight must be left to the states.

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Healthcare Co. Trims But Can't Escape Retirement Plan Suit

By Patrick Hoff

Nonprofit healthcare system Virtua Health can't avoid a proposed class action alleging its 401(k) plan unlawfully offered a risky and underperforming investment option that provided excessive compensation to plan service providers, a New Jersey federal judge ruled.

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Tracking Trends In State-Level Regulatory Enforcement

State-level enforcement now increasingly involves antitrust, artificial intelligence and data privacy issues, and the key for organizations to reducing risk is having the ability to respond across governance, public affairs, discovery and remediation in multiple states simultaneously, say consultants at FTI Consulting.

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What Cos. Must Know As Fast Energy Permitting Gains Steam

A recently approved geothermal project in Nevada may be the first authorized by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management under a new 14-day expedited environmental review process — but project developers may find that a more thorough environmental analysis will provide better protection against litigation challenges, says Jill Yung at Allen Matkins.

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Md. Digital Tax Ruling Is A Road Map For Future Challenges

Three Maryland Tax Court rulings that recently struck down the state's digital advertising tax suggest constitutional and statutory vulnerabilities that could be used to challenge newly enacted digital services laws or legislation being considered by other states, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

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Opinion

Calif. Bill Goes Too Far In Trying To Regulate Attorney AI Use

California’s first-in-the-nation act regulating how attorneys and arbitrators use generative artificial intelligence will likely soon become law, but read broadly, the provisions may dissuade lawyers from employing AI at all, thereby depriving them of key work tools, says Joshua Wurtzel at Schlam Stone.

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Tarter Krinsky Data Breach May Have Affected Health Info

By Andrea Keckley

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP said in a letter this month that a data breach last year may have compromised protected health information the firm possessed due to its representation of an unnamed healthcare provider.

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'I'm Tired Of This': Judge Scolds Atty In Romantasy Suit

By Theresa Schliep

A New York federal judge has reprimanded counsel for a writer in a failed copyright infringement lawsuit over the "Crave" book series, insisting the plaintiff answer all questions in a deposition over attorney fees and writing that she was "tired of this" and "indeed being jerked around."

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Goldstein Not Leaving Prison Any Time Soon, 4th Circ. Rules

By Jeff Overley

The Fourth Circuit balked late Wednesday at freeing Tom Goldstein from prison as he fights felony convictions, and it rejected fast-track review of the renowned appellate advocate's trial, indicating he'll likely spend substantial time behind bars even if his appeal succeeds.

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Analysis

Newman's Roadblocks Guide Judicial Conduct Reform Bill

By Dani Kass

The Judicial Conduct and Disability Act has worked well in allowing the judicial branch to govern itself for nearly 50 years, but the ongoing suspension of Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman has exposed gaps that could be addressed with newly introduced legislation, attorneys say.

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Senate Confirms Abbott Aide To Texas Federal Bench

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 50-47, along party lines, on Wednesday to confirm Angela Colmenero, deputy chief of staff to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, to serve on the Southern District of Texas.

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Fed. Panel At Standstill Over ABA Law School Accreditor Role

By Emma Cueto

A key U.S. Department of Education committee deadlocked Wednesday over whether the American Bar Association council responsible for approving law schools should continue as a federally recognized accreditor, tabling the issue until Thursday after different proposals failed to win majority support.

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